JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — UPDATE at 7:53 p.m., Saturday: The Jacksonville Beach Police Department said it recovered the body of a white woman in the marsh of the intercostal waterway near J Turner Butler Blvd, in Jacksonville Beach.
Police said the body was found by officers searching for Suzanne Carlson, who has been missing since Thursday.
The body has been transported to the Duval County Medical Examiner’s Office for positive identification and determination of death.
#BREAKING Police find body in marsh near missing Jacksonville Beach woman's home. Body has not yet been identified. @KaitlynANjax has more on FOX30 at 10 https://t.co/pqGHcLCMOW pic.twitter.com/8aIDY824o9
— Ashley Homrich (@AshleyWSBTV) December 31, 2017
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The Jacksonville Beach Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding a missing woman.
Suzanne Marie Carlson, 35, is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 100 pounds, with blonde hair and green eyes.
This is a more recent photo of 35-year old Suzanne Marie Carlson of Jacksonville Beach, still missing. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/sYdGHBCTD6
— Kevin Clark (@KClark_News) December 29, 2017
Jax beach looking for this missing woman! Her name is Suzanne and she lived off sanctuary way. I'll have the latest at noon pic.twitter.com/AF0OOYASGu
— Deanna Bettineschi (@DeannaWAVY) December 29, 2017
Police said she was last seen around 3 a.m. Thursday knocking on her neighbors doors in The Sanctuary community.
Residents called police who responded quickly but were not able to locate her, according to Chief Patrick Dooley of the Jacksonville Beach Police Department.
This is the home police say Suzanne Carlson was last seen at in Jax beach pic.twitter.com/g38ugFIFAF
— Deanna Bettineschi (@DeannaWAVY) December 29, 2017
Her car was found at her home, Dooley says, but her purse was not there.
She was reported missing Thursday by her fiance' who works on a tugboat and returned from a trip Thursday evening.
He says he last spoke with her around 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to police.
Detectives at the home of Suzanne Carlson pic.twitter.com/4IlwQXQH9S
— Deanna Bettineschi (@DeannaWAVY) December 29, 2017
Officers went to Carlson's home at 7:50 p.m. Thursday.
The front door was unlocked, the garage door was open, 2 screen doors were open, the shower was running and Carlson's car keys were there, according to a police report.
Jso K-9 unit at the home of Suzanne Carlson, who is still missing in jax beach pic.twitter.com/JEElOwAKbT
— Deanna Bettineschi (@DeannaWAVY) December 29, 2017
Her phone was turned off and the last ping from the phone was at 5:04 a.m. Thursday within 25 meters of Sanctuary Way South.
Action News Jax spoke with Carlson’s parents Friday both before and after they met with detectives. They told us they last heard from their daughter on Tuesday, but didn’t want to comment further at this time.
Anyone with information on Carlson is asked to contact Detective S. Currier at 904-247-6339.
Officers searching the woods for missing Jax beach woman pic.twitter.com/NmkBathePt
— Deanna Bettineschi (@DeannaWAVY) December 29, 2017
The neighborhood where Suzanne Carlson lives is still blocked off as police search for her #anjaxbreaking pic.twitter.com/A3XIE4cPy6
— Deanna Bettineschi (@DeannaWAVY) December 29, 2017
WATCH: 4PM UPDATE FROM POLICE:
Search for missing Jax Beach womanMISSING WOMAN: Jacksonville Beach police give update on the search for Suzanne Marie Carlson: http://bit.ly/2C9OSN0
Posted by Action News Jax on Friday, December 29, 2017
WATCH: 1PM UPDATE FROM POLICE:
Jacksonville Beach Police searching for missing woman last seen early Thursday knocking on neighbors doors in Sanctuary neighborhood. http://bit.ly/2CaMW76
Posted by Action News Jax on Friday, December 29, 2017
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